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Guthrie, who has prefaced her interviews with the fact that her husband had consulted for Johnny Depp’s camp, was not reticent in taking the opportunity to confront Heard on inconsistencies she saw in her evidence.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 19, 2022

In the many recent presidential live streams, Bolsonaro’s hiccuping is evident, and he has prefaced some appearances by acknowledging his hiccupping and disrupted speech.

From Washington Post • Jul. 14, 2021

We therefore think, in spite of all the apologies with which he has prefaced his advice, that a more judicious topic might easily have been selected.

From Famous Reviews by Johnson, R. Brimley

A depressing and difficult passage has prefaced every new page I have turned in life.

From Villette by Brontë, Charlotte

The Historical Notice with which Mr. Hamilton has prefaced it is a noble production, and worthy of the subject and of his name.

From The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 16, No. 97, November, 1865 by Various